Father Murphy (1981) is a western, drama web series in English. On New MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Father Murphy online in HD.
Father Murphy — Storyline
A good-hearted frontiersman poses as a priest to start an orphanage for a group of kids whose homes have been destroyed by an evil mining manager.
Cast & Crew
- Created by: Michael Landon
- Starring: Merlin Olsen, Moses Gunn, Kellie Martin, Amanda Peterson, Timothy Gibbs, Lisa Trusel, Katherine Cannon, Byron Thames
Father Murphy — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1981-11-03 |
| Seasons | 2 |
| Episodes | 35 |
| Genre | Western, Drama |
| Language | English |
| Network | NBC |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 8.1/10 (8 votes) |
Father Murphy — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Pilot (1) (1981-11-03) — In the late 1800s, John Murphy wanders into a wild mining town controlled by a local tycoon. Instant enmity is born, but the gritty Murphy joins a local miner and a homeless waif t
- E2: Pilot (2) (1981-11-03)
- E3: Eggs, Milk and a Dry Bed (1981-11-10) — A handsome but ineffectual priest joins the school and provides comic opposition to Murphy and a pair of brothers in the orphanage, one of whom has a bed-wetting problem.
- E4: Establish Thou the Work of Our Hands (1981-11-17) — Murphy befriends an embittered black boy and teaches him a useful trade—wagon driving. But a wagon wreck causes the boy to lose the use of his hand, and Murphy must help him cope
- E5: A Horse from Heaven (1981-11-24) — Father Parker mistakenly trades some of the stock for a fast, beautiful horse… that no one can ride. He'd hoped to race it in the territorial fair to win the $1000 purse, but he'
- E6: By the Bear That Bit Me (1) (1981-12-01) — A mountain man deposits a young boy at the orphanage. The boy soon turns out to be a young girl, attracting the amorous attentions of young Ephram. When he feels rejected by her, E
- E7: By the Bear That Bit Me (2) (1981-12-08) — Murphy and Eli must finally wade in to con the authorities into releasing the kids from the workhouse.
- E8: False Blessings (1981-12-15) — Falling on hard times again, the school is seduced by an offer of ""state aid"" by a local official. Mae accepts the aid, only to learn that by doing so she has unwittingly agreed
- E9: The Ghost of Gold Hill (1981-12-22) — Comic episode in which the son of the original owner of Gold Hill Mine comes back to reclaim the school. Mae and Murphy are worried until they discover he's harmless, loveable… a
- E10: Graduation (1982-01-05) — Claiming he's an orphan because his parents are dead, an old man joins the school to achieve a lifelong ambition… to learn to read and write. Comical conflict arises with Rodman
- E11: Will's Surprise (1982-01-12) — When Will happens upon a large gold nugget, his drunk father shows up in town and kidnaps him, convinced the boys know where there's more. Will is locked in a dank root cellar and
- E12: Eighty-Eight Keys to Happiness (1982-01-19) — Moses discovers that music is the key to reaching a withdrawn blind girl. But the only way the school can afford a piano is by letting a local entrepreneur use the saloon building
- E13: Knights of the White Camelia (1982-02-02) — A runaway Southern boy, formerly a bugler in the rebel army, comes to the school and has trouble accepting Moses' status there. Simultaneously, undesirables in the area are forming
- E14: The Parable of Amanda (1982-02-09) — Amanda, a pretty accomplice to a bank robbery, is in a stage wreck near Gold Hill while escaping from her crime. She dons the habit of a nun who died in the wreck to avoid capture,
- E15: The Spy (1982-02-16) — When Rodman's unruly son is kicked out of boarding school, Rodman enrolls him at Gold Hill making him pose as an orphan in order to spy on the school, and he learns the secret of M
- E16: The Heir Apparent (1982-02-23) — A wealthy widow with a railroad fortune comes to Gold Hill hoping to adopt a son to take over the family business. She's very taken with Will, who would rather stay with Murphy, bu
- E17: In God's Arms (1982-03-02) — The death of an abandoned child drives Father Parker to forsake the priesthood. He moves to Jackson where the only job he can find is cleaning out the saloon. In his secular advent
- E18: The Dream Day (1982-03-14) — The orphanage stages an Open House for potential adopting parents, and this all-kid show examines the reactions of many of the children to finding new homes. Several of the kids fi
- E19: Laddie (1982-03-21) — Lizette's heart is broken when Father Parker sells Laddie, an aging horse. When the kids learn the horse is bound for slaughter, Will leads them on an expedition to get her back, n
- E20: Matthew & Elizabeth (1982-03-28) — Richard Garrett, the infamous twin of the villain from the pilot show, comes to Jackson to take over his late brother's empire. He doesn't reckon on resistance from Murphy when he
- E21: The First Miracle (1) (1982-04-04) — When a teenage girl falls in love with Murphy, it forces him to examine his own feelings for Mae and he proposes marriage. At the same time, Father Parker's attempts to build a ch
- E22: The First Miracle (2) (1982-04-11) — Emma feels rejected and in her upset state she divulges the secret of ""Father"" Murphy's identity to Rodman, causing the church to reverse its support for the new parish.
Season 2
- E1: Happiness Is….. (1982-09-28) — Mae and Murphy take a well deserved honeymoon in the city, where they meet young Eli Matthews, a streetwise black orphan. They swear they won't get involved, but naturally they end
- E2: The Father Figure (1982-10-05) — A mother delivers her son to Gold Hill, saying that he's been incorrigible in school. The real reason is that his father is a child abuser and the mother fears for her son's life.
- E3: Stopover in a One-Horse Town (1982-10-26) — Sam Clemens (Mark Twain) arrives in Jackson during his itinerant journalist days, and sets up a newspaper to fight the evil influence of Garrett. Ephram and Will join him as copybo
- E4: Outrageous Fortune (1982-11-09) — Murphy and Mae join the Pinkertons on a cross-country train chase when one of their young orphans becomes heir to a large inheritance… and is kidnapped in an attempt to keep her
- E5: The Reluctant Runaway (1) (1982-11-16) — Mae announces joyously that she's pregnant and the whole community rejoices… except Will. Finding out that the new bedroom Murphy is building is not for him, he feels ignored an
- E6: The Reluctant Runaway (2) (1982-11-23) — Will has run away to St. Louis and fallen in with a Fagin-type and his band of criminals. Murphy enlists Farley's help in searching for Will and goes to convince him to come home.
- E7: Buttons and Beaux (1982-11-30) — Lizette grows up; she begins work as an apprentice seamstress in town and falls in love with a n'er-do-well teenager. She's nearly drawn into his troublesome circle of friends befo
- E8: John Michael Murphy – R.I.P. (1982-12-07) — Murphy and Moses find trouble on a freight run when an old yarn-spinner convinces a whole town that Murphy is a famous bank robber. The fireworks begin when the real robber shows u
- E9: The Witness (1982-12-14) — Young Matt is witness to a bank robbery. One of the robbers is a teenaged friend of Matt's who is the sole support of a sick mother, and Matt must wrestle with his conscience as he
- E10: Blood Right (1982-12-21) — An ex-gunfighter gets out of prison and comes to Gold Hill to retrieve his son. He finds his son in love with his dad's old criminal image. Murphy and company must help these two c
- E11: Sweet Sixteen (1982-12-28) — A teenaged girl in town becomes pregnant, and after a suicide attempt fails, she's found by the Murphys and brought to Gold Hill. She learns a lesson in living, and the children le
- E12: The Rockets' Red Glare (1983-06-01) — Garrett ruins Gold Hill's benefit Fourth of July show by stealing all the fireworks Murphy has especially ordered and locking them in his saloon safe. A comical old safecracker on
- E13: The Matchmakers (1983-09-18) — The kids decide Moses needs some romance in his life, so they send away for a mail-order bride. Her arrival precipitates comic explosions in Gold Hill, but by the time Moses realiz
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Father Murphy have? 2 season(s) with 35 episodes.
Who created Father Murphy? Michael Landon.
Where can I watch Father Murphy? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
